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P. C. PRIT-TS.

' BREAST STRAP PROTECTOR.

No. 284,546.V ,P44 tea Sept. 4, 188s.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIOE.

PETER c.- ERITTs, OE EUREKA' SPRINGS, ARKANSAS, ASSIGNOR OE OREHALE TO ROBERT I. GREY, OE sAME PLACE.

BREAST-STRAP PROTECTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.,284,546, dated September 4, 1883,

` Agpnaation ined Jun@ 30,1883. (No modem To lwhom it may concern.-

`Be it known that I, PETER C. FRITTS, of EurekaSprings, in the county of Carroll and State of Arkansas, have invented a certainV new and` useful Improvement in Breast-Strap Figure 1 is aperspective view. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the protector removed. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the breast-strap and protector, showing one end of the neck-yoke. Y

My invention relates to a protector for breast-straps of harness, which is cheaply` made and is strong and durable.

My invention consists in features of noveltyV hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims. Y

Referring to the drawings, A represents a neckyoke; BB, staples secured to its opposite ends, and C C breast-straps, all of which are of common construction, except the straps are provided with holes C near the ends having the buckles.

D represents a metallic protector, one `fo each strap. It consists of a sheetor strip of metal bent into the form of the letter U and having its edges turned outward, `asshown at D, Figs. 2 and 3, near the center. At each end of the protector the edges lap over, form- .ing iianges D2, which form sockets D, to receive the strap, as shown in Figs.`1 and 2. The protector is `thus cheaply produced and is rmly held on the strap by the flanges D2,

while the out-turned edges D keep the inner or lower vpart of the protector from shifting laterally on the strap.

The inside lower part of the protector is made rounding, as shown at D4, Fig. 3, so as to have sucha bearing on the neckyoke that it will rock freely as the movement of the tongue of the vehicle or the animal changes the relative position of the strap and neck- "yoke, which ishappening, morefor less, continually, and thus no undue strain is had on the parts.

Proj ecting outward from the central part of the Aprotector may be a pin or teat, D5, which fits in the holes C of the strap to keep the strap from moving through the protector while in use.

When the strap becomes somewhat worn in one place the pin, by shifting the protector on the strap, can be changed into another hole.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination of strap C, having holes C', and protector D, having teat D5, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A breast-strap protector, consisting of body D, having out-turned edges D", overlapping iian ges D2, forming sockets D?, and rounded central portion, D4, all substantially as shown and described, for the purpose set forth. I I

' i PETER C. FRITTS. Witnesses:

Y O. W. WATKrNs,

. GEO. L. D. WEYMOUTH. 

